Early life and career. Hugh d'Avranches was born around 1047 as the son of Richard le Goz, Viscount of Avranches.His mother was traditionally said to have been Emma de Conteville, half-sister of William the Conqueror, but Lewis (2014) states that the identification was made "on the basis of unsatisfactory evidence" and that his mother is unknown. Keats-Rohan (1999), while …

King of Kings was a ruling title employed primarily by monarchs based in the Middle East.Though most commonly associated with Iran (historically known as Persia in the West), especially the Achaemenid and Sasanian Empires, the title was originally introduced during the Middle Assyrian Empire by king Tukulti-Ninurta I (reigned 1233–1197 BC) and was …

Early life. His birth year is unknown. It is only known that his father, Count Hugh I of Rethel, was born in the 1040s and Baldwin was already an adult by the 1090s.He was the lord of Bourcq when he joined the army of his kinsman Godfrey of Bouillon at the beginning of the First Crusade. The army departed for the Holy Land on 15 August 1096, and reached Constantinople on 23 …

In the 1040s, a powerful matriarch-shamaness by the name of A Nong, her chiefly husband, and their son, Nong Zhigao, raised a revolt, took Nanning, besieged Guangzhou for fifty seven days, and slew the commanders of five Chinese armies sent against them before they were defeated, and many of their leaders were killed.

Siward (/ ˈ s uː w ər d / or more recently / ˈ s iː w ər d /) or Sigurd (Old English: Sigeweard, Old Norse: Sigurðr digri) was an important earl of 11th-century northern England.The Old Norse nickname Digri and its Latin translation Grossus ("the stout") are given to him by near-contemporary texts. It is possible Siward may have been of Scandinavian or Anglo …

Anne of Kyiv or Anna Yaroslavna (c. 1030 – 1075) was a Rus' princess who became Queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I.She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of their son Philip I from Henry's death in 1060 until her controversial marriage to Count Ralph IV of Valois.Anne founded the Abbey of St. Vincent at Senlis

Ravenna is a neighborhood in northeastern Seattle, Washington named after Ravenna, Italy.Though Ravenna is considered a residential neighborhood, it also is home to several businesses, many of which are located in the University Village, a shopping mall.. Ravenna Park, located near University Village and the walking or biking route connecting Green Lake to …

L'ail (pluriel : ails ou aulx), ail commun ou ail cultivé (Allium sativum) est une espèce de plantes potagères vivaces monocotylédones dont les bulbes, à l'odeur et au goût forts, sont souvent employés comme condiment en cuisine. La tête d'ail se compose de plusieurs caïeux (ou cayeux, ou gousses) [1].La fleur d'ail est aussi consommée. On en distingue plusieurs types.

Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th centuries in and under the influence of the Byzantine Empire.Mosaics were some of the most popular and historically significant art forms produced in the empire, and they are still studied extensively by art historians. Although Byzantine mosaics evolved out of earlier Hellenistic and Roman practices and …

レッカー車（レッカーしゃ、Towing truck、Wrecker、recovery vehicle ）は、他の自動車の前輪あるいは後輪を吊り上げ、牽引するための装置を持つ特種用途自動車である。 故障車両や事故車両、駐車違反車両など、自走させることができない状態の自動車をその場から移動させるために …

The Hale Telescope is a 200-inch (5.1 m), f /3.3 reflecting telescope at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, US, named after astronomer George Ellery Hale.With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1928, he orchestrated the planning, design, and construction of the observatory, but with the project ending up taking 20 years he did not live to see its …

Harald Hen (Danish for "Harald the Whetstone"; c. 1040 – 17 April 1080) was King of Denmark from 1076 to 1080. Harald III was an illegitimate son of Danish king Sweyn II Estridsson, and contested the crown with some of his brothers.He was a peaceful ruler who initiated a number of reforms. Harald was married to his cousin Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, but did not leave any …

According to the Gospel of John, Mary of Clopas (Ancient Greek: Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ, María hē tou Clōpá) was one of the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus and bringing supplies for his funeral.The expression Mary of Clopas in the Greek text is ambiguous as to whether Mary was the daughter or wife of Clopas, but exegesis has commonly favoured the reading "wife of …

This close association with Armenia brought upon the country an invasion (65 BC ) by the Roman general Pompey, who was then at war with Mithradates VI of Pontus, and Armenia; but Rome did not establish her power permanently over Iberia.Nineteen years later, the Romans again marched (36 BC) on Iberia forcing King Pharnavaz II to join their campaign against Albania.